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the western carolinian , thk i'ow kits \.. 1 obi i i v 1 l ro lilt , \ , l ii states 111 d ro i ui i \ i r - basra ndmentt to the constitution article x b al stin & r v fisher salisbury x ( ., september 20 1s3h s no xv of vol xix f no fltom commencement 9$t editor axd proprietors miscellaneous i and the sh a k overpowered lun so completely ihal lis became i h.-lpless idiot whilst lus repentant mistress agitated bj contending passions and una ble to hear the sight of the misery aha had ci sn,ned sauk gradually into an untimely grave | tiair ofa " beefs head but the nock lapering.and i hum the character uf the serpent color dingy with large bright yellow spot ll turned its head iruiii side io sub with an aftay butioo iu apparent jsuivej of ihe surrounding object mi l is en i titled to credulity so convinced are many ofthe existence of the monster ihal some gentlemen in lown have proposed an expedition to the lake and by the uid of rafts lo make an eflbrl to capture the mysterious being whieb ia a tenor to lhe super stitious but which becomes an object of interest to science the naturalist and philosopher â€” a visiter to lllt llkl romantic story of .\ cvham . ifi it ic {//, tijiki l ll,e following is an extraordinary instance of he repugnance wnh which the ilungameu noa ants and even tho more elevated class regard the â€¢ buni gypsies of hungary the story occurs " l ..: , "'' , "' l lie subject of this peculiui race in in british magazine nnd i from ihe pen of the author ol stories of a und :" h^u'.ihlw fit mir hn i he spring r 17l>0 wiih a large plough and lour horses i broke up pari ofa field ; 1 measured ihe ploughing frequently and found it in many pla cs eleven inches deep and no where less limn seven ; so that tbe murage wus at least nine 1 h.s pieee contained about tour acres on a gentle declivity ; the surface loo much exhausted to pay lor cultivating any crop in lhe common way : this ploughing brought to the surface about live inches l earth lhat had never before been exposed which was principally clay ; at tho up|>er edgo of the piece o a bright yellow which became gradually paler further down uud of u bluish appearance neur tho lower side after several stirrings it was son u wilh buck-whoatlhe same year ; the crop tolerable j after the buck-wheat cama ufl the ground was ploughed and sown in rye in lbe eleventh month very little of which cnme up ow ing as i suppose either to its being too late put in the ground or lbe seed not good it remained without further tillage until lust year 1800 when it wus again sown in buckwheat which grew so large as generally to liill before it was ploughed in the spring i tuok several of my friends lo see the dilferci.ee iu lhe appearance of this pioco and the ground adjoining that hud lain the same length ol tune out of tillage it was discernible to a fur row ; the deep-ploughed piece appeared of a fine open texture und dark color thick set with white clover ; the adjoining ground compact nnd hard ofa tale ash color bearing scarcely a blade of any other kind of grass than that common to old fields known by the name of poverty grass in short ono had the appeuranco of an exhausted old field and the other of land lately manured those who expressed a sentiment on the subject were of opi nion that lo those who did not know whal occa sioned the diflbrence the deep ploughed piece would sell for double the price of the other part of another fi<jd from having a very reten tive clay near the surface wns of that kind called cold or sour land nnd was thought unfit to produce any crop either water or ice generally appearing on the surface iu an open time in winter this was so thick set wilh white flint-gravel and stones that the first ploughing could not be deep bul ha ving cultivated several crops uu it taken off the largest of tho stones and consequently been nblu lo get a little deeper at oach succeeding ploughing the nature of the ground seems altered so that now there is seldom either water or ice to be see on its surface more than is common ko olhur pla ces : it is now iu red clover very little of which has been injured by the lale open winter this piece has been manured it is therefore unfair to ascribe the quantity of the crops which have been good to deep ploughing only ; though i am of opi nion that on such land manures are not of much consequence without it popping till question the d penile struggles and floundering by which some endeavor to get out of their embar rassments ue ainosing ei gli we remember lo have been much delighted the lirst tune we heard the history of the wooing of a noble lord now no more narrated his lordship was a man of talents aud enterprise of stainless pedigree and " * lieautil il hungarian girl named suaette had i lined i itrong attachment for maygar s youthful gvpsy whose fine figure and i le nay intellectual countenance were cortaiulj quite lt isalmosl need but lbe veriest slave of hushfulliess an undeveloped genius the difficulties m the way of an undeveloped genius are thus so liloquised in neat's charcoal sketches v ul ciuincu ner passion willi '' rv01 i 1 " 1 he veheuirui reelings of these children ol lhe houth ore too well known lo require re niaik;j still le never there Â» is in hope ofthe lo vers being uniied the rather of suaetle though nominally a vassal to hia territorial hnd possessed greal wealth in stores nnd hards and pridiiifl him ..,,.. no mo ., mo ipuci men ne was verv suscep tible and very < stant as long as he was inthe habit of seeing ths object of his affections daily he el meed a the beginning of uii edinburgh wm ler lo lose his heart to miss j and as their families were in habits of intimacy he hadfrequenl : ,- " .. i " how suid he " how is it 1 enn't level down my expressions to lhe comprehensions of the vul gar oi level up the vulgar to a comprehension of mj expressions i how is il i can't gel lhe spigot out so my verses will run clear ! 1 know what i mean myself bul nobody else does and the impu dent editors say it's wasting room lo print w hat no body understands i've plenty of genius lots of il inr i often want to cut my th---.it and would havs dona it long ago only it hurts i'm chock lull of genius and running over j for i hale ull sorts of work myself and all sorts of peopla mean enough to do it i halo going to lied and i hato gelling up my conduct is very eccentric and lingular i have the miserable melancholies ul the the tune and i'm pretty nearly always as cross as thunder which is a sure sign genius is as lender as a skinned cat and gels into a passion whenever you touch it when i condescend to uubuzzuin myself for a litlle sympathy to folks of ornery intellect and caparisoned to ine â€” i know very few people ihal ar'nl ornery as to brains â€” and our forth the feelings indigginus to a poetic soul which is always idling tbsy ludicrate my situation and say thoy don't know what lhe deuce tin driving at isn't genius always served o this fashion ill the curlh as hamlet the boy utter my own heurt says . and when the slights ofthe world and of the prin ters sot me in a fine frenzy and my soul swells und swells till it almost tears the shirt off my buz um and even fractures my dickey ; when il ex pansuates aud elevates mc above the common herd lhey laugh again and tell me not to be pompious the poor plebmiunsuie worse than russiun scurfs ii is ihe fate of genius it is his'n or rather her'n to go through lift with little sympalhyzulion and less cash life's u field of blackberry and raspber ry bushes meun people squat down und pick the tin no matter how tbey black their lingers while genius proud and perpeiidlcular.strides fiercely on and gels nothing but scratches and holes tore iu its trousers tmit.ms ot carolinian i p western can linian ii published overy i'm t two i'oll.'irs per annum if paid in sdvanc . oi w o dollara on.l fifty ( tents re the ex i e i of thn e months j no iÂ«i"'r ll i,e discontinued net i ill arrearage i paid nt.le - at l,e din retain ef ilie editors , snd â€ž l r ,. .,', notify the editors of s wish i discontinue the end ul a year will be considered ss anew on ,.'., i i.t advertisements will bs eonspicuously and correctly .,,,,.!, ,; â€ž,â€ž-,â€¢â€ž p.r i i -"'.,â– i . in iii 1 insertion 1 â– â€¢;, cents for e.n li i mtinuance louri and judicial lerll-eniellt will i â€¢'..., i jo ,-. i 1'eill mule lleil â– above prices .\ deduct ' 3j per cenl from !â– regular prices will be made to yearly ad ver lis :-,. i,,.ii,-i addn : . mu t .,, all i ises b h m_j fr^jr beware of ji swindler dsi'i i.ndl'.ll 8 few days mine ii fellow w ho csll l ed himself hy lhe n.-m f john davis and k been keeping a school f.r lhe last three iths in l lrs huljshous r'e - hool li â€ž,.,â€¢. iie siud davis clerked lor ,,,,â– ,,, â– shooting match the jltli inst in i aa ia cusl unary collaelqd ll.e ino v lur the hoots to the amount of twenty dollar with ch he ibsoonded after night lie is about 5 hei id bee high spare made a id has g remark idle bad iirii.aiul is rery hoarse lie had on nt the time unit left s black lasting ooatand pantaloons flack fur t nnd pumps mads of grain leather llo carried ray no ulher clothing than these whieb he wore lbs character in tlie lettlemenl where he bus been telling is notoriously hnd as n tall ler snd disturber of ciety anil altogether ho was looked upon as anv ng but iu hones mun tins advertisement i put forth merely to warn the blic to be on the look mil lor n rascal and unit others y not be swindled as i have been elias lee august 31 1888 3t k.liturs in lhe western part of the state will do well warn the public of this fcoiu.diel notice ji'blic notice is hereby given ihut implica tion will be made to the general assembly off orth carolina at its next session for au uct to corporate the trustees of the salisbury female sademy august 80 1838 tnd notice will make application to the next legislature for an au to incorporate a manufacturing company by b aame ofthe yadkin manufacturing company or hy in e othei name charles fisher september fl 1838 tnd notice ihe subscriber having taken out letters of ad - ministration on the estale of mary urnn dec'd the last uuniy court tor rowan requests all per ls indebted to said mary brim dec'd to make pay but without delay ; anil those having claims against c same to present tlieui within the liuie prescribed law properly authenticated otherwise this notice jl be pleaded in bar of their recovery r vv long adni'r sababury n c sept 13 1888 old castings wanted til will purchase any amount of old castings that " may be brought to us ; such ns old cotton screws i mill-gearing old kite ovens mortars c.,and will 1 one cent per pound ' cress & boger salisbury sept 6 1838 tf dr plcaaant llf.-i__derso l'"fl_fls hia professional services to the citizens ' of salisbury ar.d its vicini'y lie occupies the ck office of the lute dr mitchul salisbury may 18 1839 tf i i mtkay lespkctfully informs ins friends and the public that ho is now rendy to attend to re iving and forwarding goods to the interior shipping cotton 4*c he will make liberal advances on all kinds of educe senl him for sale or shipment intending to devote himself exclusively to this asmess he flutters himself llml he will he able to ve satisfaction georgetown s c july 18 1838 cl:10 commission business mle undersigned thankful lor past favors in his | line of business receiving nnd forwarding ives notice lhat he still continues al his old stand j i lias made such preparation ns is necessary â€” le hopes by assiduity and attention to give gen 1 ral satisfaction le w receive and forwad cotton as usual ac ordmg to direction lu armors und merchants who are desirous ol i'i their cotton to n vork or charleston i * will inuke liberal advances r . felix long l-heraw august 91 183 lit ii . . ive1 nnd for sale wholesale or retail ' w following artielsa vi tw suck logwood i 1 cerikin iidigo(bpan i tim tt , b "~" u ' 3 bbls hutch mud.ler i sunn i v ' s ""' 10 pr smiths bellows i esa^5 f "*" ttwl - w do trace chains , hbs blimer 4 bce , ,.â€ž,â€ž.._ j ,.; j *â€¢_;Â« white l..â€ž,i gipg,48and l-'l ml ' ou nÂ«i a aâ€ž,l brads km do narrow iti & 34 and iu by 12 80 coils bale hope sal 1 . Â» j * w murphy r o-l.,iry sept il ggg | ( ooelickk'i a.\atlvi x l sick nre all taking thia wonderful me 1 tie i whlch * Â» s slung ettope aod ame ' ' lc iih us mighty cures v nc th Â° l ' 0 " lo - ricc - fauttouh lrii/,11 self upon tho purity of his blood shrank from tbe f've.ui us from enuuiies ofa different genus whilst the fathers of the tube the immediate and blood relations of maygar were equally opposed to what ihey also considered u degradation not withstanding these obstacles tha young people's ion remained unshaken and the happiest moments of sii/.ettc's life were those which she spent in the open wooden ill.-rv whicii run round the upper story of her father's house listening to the wild ongs wbich maygar chanted to his cittern or guilar in the woods below opportunities ol meeting with her he gasea and sighed incessantly a v ry dumbiedikes bul ihal he had u larger allowance of bruin j be followed hor every where | he felt jealous uncomfortable i savage if sho looked even civilly at another ; and yet notwithstanding hia stoutest resolutions â€” not withstanding tha encouragement afforded him by : iiie lady a woman of sense who saw what his i lordship would be at esteemed bia character was superior lo girlish affectation and made every ad vance consistent with female delicacy the winter wus fast lading into spring and ho bad not yet got lus mouth opened mumma at last lost ull pa tience ; and one day when ins lordship was inking his usual lounge in the drawing-room silent or an occasional monosyllable the good ludy abruptly left the room and locked the pair in alone when his lordship on essaying to take his leave dis covered the predicament in which he stood a des perate tit of resolution seized him miss sal j bending most assiduously over her needle a deep blush on her eheek his lordship advanced in wards her but losing his heart by the way passed in silence lo lhe other ond of the room he re turned to the charge but again without affect at last neiving himself like one alinut to spring a pow der mine he stopped short before her â€” " miss - â€” will you marry me with gnat plea sure my lord was the answer givnfi in a low somewhat timid but unfaltering voice while a deep er crimson suffused the lace of the speaker aud a right good wile she made him â€” edinburg lite rary journal â€¢â€¢ spring and summer had passed away since the passion of the unfortunate lovers hud been discov ered by their respective relatives without lhe least prospect of an amelioration in the hardship of their destiny fortune however at length seemed tired of frowning upon them und charitably threw an op portunity in the way of maygar of being servicea ble to ihe family of lus mistress it was autumn and the ulundh-.t cr.,,.s which had blest the fields [ ol snzette's la her had been carefully gathered and stored in the large wooden gallery we have before alluded lo when during u violent storm lightning struck the dwelling und lhe whole was instantly in a blaze the terrified inmates rushed out in ii stute bordering upon distraction ull but suzette who fled instinctively to lhe gallery and was there seen amidst the burning stutes apparently devoted to destruction the agony of her falher wns in describable ' save my child i vociferated he and i will give you whatever you may ask for some moments the spectators stood aghast but soon burst ing from ihe crowd wus ssen n young man whom ull present immediately recognised to he maygar under ihe influence of such strongly excited li_el ings his success was certain ; for when powerfully agitated the human frame can sometimes almost perform miracles ; he swung lo the hurtling rafters supporting himself by incredible exertions and en countering the most imminent dangers with such intrepidity as lo obtain shouts of a probation from tho crowd till he reached suzette and was soon seen descending with iiis lovely mistress iiihisnrms the transport of tha faih-r was unbounded i but alas when maygar claimed as his promised re waid the fair being be hnd undergone so much to save he was chilled by a look ofthe bitterest scorn and reminded of his gypsy parentage the devil's i.ak1 ill the northern portion of indiana there are ma ny beautiful little lakes whicii givesgre.it interest to a country somewhat open about 25 miles from logansport and in ibe vicinity of rochester there is one of these hikes about two ni'les in length half a mile in width nod of unknown depth sound ings were once tried with a line of 13 fathoms but with no effuct from a late number oflhe edinburgh review astonishing facts relative to a r..i,_n:n iikiumi world dr iluckland now proceeds to ihe most impor tant and popular branch of his subject â€” lo give a description of the most interesting fossil organic remains and lo show that the extinct species of plains and animals which formerly occupied our planet display even in their fragments nnd relics lhe same marks of wisdom and design which have been universally recognised in the oxisting spe cies of organised beings i might have before observed that one of tho objections that will probably be made to deep ploughing is the greator strength of team lhat will he requisite to perform it and consequently an ad ditional expense this i believe on consideration will also be found to lie without foundation true it is bat tho first ploughing requires more strength of team ; but then it is equally as true that ifthe plough is a good one fer the purpose almost double the quantity will be performed m a given time â€” the four aeres above mentioned was ploughed by four burses in less than two days lhe furrows ave raged seventeen inches in width and as ground ploughed in ibis way will not acquire lhe same de gree of firmness for many years afterwards al though it should remain unfilled it will be found that throe horses to a plough will be sufficient for after ploughing even for u grass lay ; and lhat two such tenuis will perform as much in a day as six horses iu three ploughs of the common kind and of the common description of ploughing â€” here then is a ploughman saved in addition to this il is tn im remembered that for reasons before given hind cultivated in this way will be preserved iu good tilth with much fewer ploughiugs than in tne other mode there is a tradition of tho pottawatlamie indi ana relative to this lake whicii has been handed lown from generation to generation and is now re ceived hy the white mail with confirmed credence i'he preeise tune at which the tradition vvas first received among the indians cannot be determined â€” probably not long after the emigration of ihe pottawattamies across the hard waters of the north some centuries since to this dislricl of coun try which was then occupied by lhe miaines bv whose grant ihe pottawattamies became possessed ofthe lands lt appears that tbe tradition does not owe its origin to tho superstious fears of the red man but that some gigantic creature inhabited the lake and docs at the present time is beyond the probability of doubt had ihe poorest hungarian laborer in the fields saved my daughter suid lhe stern father ' i would have given her to him but she shall never wed one of the cygani j after giving some account oftho supposed cases of fossil human bones and establishing tho remark able fiicl of lhe total absence of any vestiges of lhe human species throughout ihe entire series of geological formations our author pusses to the gen eral history of fossil organic remains â€” " it is marvellous thai mankind should have gone on for so many centuries in ignorance of tho fact whicii is now so tully demons mien thut no small part oflhe present surface of the earth is derived from the remains of animals that constituted the population of ancient soas many extonsvc plains und mussive mountains form as it we;o the great charnel-houses of preceding generations in whicii the petrified exuviu of extinct races of animals and vegetables are piled into stupendous monuments of the operations of life and death during almost im mensurable periods of past time 'â€¢ at the sight ofa spectacle says cuvier so imposing so ter rible as that ofthe wreck of animal lift forming utmost ihe entire soil on which we iread il is diffi cult io refrain the imagination from baaarding some conjectures as to the cause by which such great of feots have been produced the deejier we descend into lhe strata of the earth the higher do we ascend into lhe it re ha logical history of past ages of c real ion we find successive stages marked by varying forms of animal and vegetable life and llu.se gener ally filler more and more widely from existing species as we go further downward into the recep tacles ofthe wreck of more ancient creations " it was useless to remonstrate and without da ring to complain ofthe lather's want of faith may gar determined still to win his daughter the hungarian peasants nre slaves both in body and mind to their territorial lords and maygar knew that if he could win tho favor of the graf upon whose estate they resided the father of suzette would be compelled to givo his consent to insdaugh ter's marriage it would take us too long to detail tho means which maygar employed to effect his purpose ; lhe graf was ifi and unbending difficult of accesi and hecdles&if the feelings of others patience however never fails to conquer in the end ; and few had stronger motives for perseve rance than poor maygar fortunate circumstances introduced him to lbe notice of the count ; and at length his services in the defence of his patron's castle against a bund of predatory wallachaius ob tained for iii rn the wished-for mandate armed with this he flew to the residence of snzette's la ther and hud lhe satisfaction to find the old mun perfectly submissive to his lord's will â€” hut an un expected obstacle still awaited tho ardent lover und this wus of a nature so strange and yet so in surmountable tbat bis hopes withered at the blow und his reason fled never to return this lake is called by the indians " luke mnn-i too,"or the devil's lake and such is tho terror in which it is held thnt but few indians would even dare to venture in a canoe upon its surface the indians will neither fish nor bathe in the lake such is lho powerful conviction that " man-i-too or the evil spirit dwells in its chiyslal waters it may elicit a smile from lhe incredulous to assert grave ly tho fact that some veiy extraordinary creature claims monarchy of this beautiful luke but the ex istence of a monster iu this hike is not uu object of more surprise to us than the remains of the mastadon whose teeth measures 18 inches â€” and whicii were found but iwo miles from town in a prairie through which the canal runs were there not assurances from men entitled to credibility ihut a monster had been seen within a few days in the lake man i-loo it might be supposed that the above story originated in the siqierstitious fears of the aborigines hailing and steaming food for stock those farmers who intend to save from one-third to one hull in feeding llieir stock the coming autumn and h inter should look out in time and procure and pul up a proper apparatus for boiling or steaming gram roots und cut hay and corn stalks it will lake some lime lo think and tulk about ihis very in i pot taut though not expensive fixture ; lhe place where it should stand and the particular manner of us con tiiictn ui will claim due consideration ; and after these mailers are determined on ihe ma terials must be got together und a workman en gaged lo pul it up and hy the time all this is done i fear il will im needed for preparing the food for the hogs ; so ihu i you had better begin to think it over soon and uol leave till another year what had better be accomplished this season a fanner who n up s very simple and cheap affair for this pur pose last fall thinks ihut it saved him tho whole expects incurred in falleniug bis bogs alone he had given them no grain ihut was not tu boiled when lhe pottawattamie mills were erected some ten years since at what is culled the outlet of the hike the monster was seen by ihose men known to gen milroy under whose directions lho mills i believe were erected there are persons iu lo gansporl who quest lonod closely those who lately saw lhe mysterious occupant oftho hike and are now convinced of the reality of mini i loo imi ng foun ded on something more substantial than the basis offish and snake stories generally " notwithstanding the length of their acquaint ance very little personul inlercourse had taken place between the lovers suzette wus naturally romantic and had been so powu fully struck with the fine person of mnygaifbis almost silent ado ration and the enthusiasm with which he had en countered e^ery species of trial for her sake as to resolve as long as she considered their union im practicable to live single for his sake but tins case was quite altered when she found him como actu ally to claim her hand then all ber early preju dices recurred lo her recollection â€” ihe wild stones of tho vampire i iks propensities of tho cygani lheir unholy rites and the disgrace wliich attached itself to all associated with them shook her with horror at the bare idea of giving ber hand to one of their tribe the sylph-like lover of her iina gination had vanished and lho gypsy youth in all the degrading circumstances of his real situation stood confessed before her the struggle though short was violent tl.e dented love of maygar â€” his sufferings â€” and last though certainly not the least hi handsome peraon weighed strougly upon her mind yet could not conquer her aversion and strange to tay the pride of birth iu a peasant girl of one of the wildest and mosl uncultivated coun tries iu the world was sufficient lo overpower nil her better feelings i'oor maygar was refused " it side the more obvious remain of testacou nnd of larger animals minute examination disclo ses occiisioimlly prodigious accumulation of mi croscopic shells thai surprise us no less by thoir abundance than their extreme minuteness the mode in which they aro sometimes crowded togeth er may u estimated fiom ihn fart that sol.hini col lected from an ounce bnd a half of stone found iu ihe bills ofcssciana m tuscany lb',4 r 4 micro cope chiiiiilm'red shells Â« â€¢ Â» of severnl spe ies of these shells four or five hundred weigh but a single grain ; of une species he calculates ihal s thousand individual would scarcely weigh one nun i'ul two weeks since some men by lhe iinme of robinson were fishing in lhe lake when liny be held with urprim the even surface of the water ruffled by something swimming rapidly and which lhey supposed must have measured till feet i'he kobisons are reapectable men whoso fears are not easily excited ; yet such was the terror that ilus in nd esenpl caused that tbey made a hasty reireal to ihe shore much alarmed since ilus circum stance took place and but a few davs since mr ltndaey wbu is well known here wus riding near the margin oftha lake when he aw at tbe dis tance of 300 feel from him some animal raiia its head i or 4 feel above the surface of the water he felt ihe security ofthe shore and viewed the mysterious creature many minutes when it dis appeared aud re-appeared three limes in succession the bead he described ns ixmig three li-el across ihe frontal bone and having something ofthe con soaking corn for homes â€” a gentleman who resides in i'.jiltunore county and who is one oflhe mosl successful farmers in that vicinity informed us a few dnys since ihal he saved at least one ihird of his corn by ibe manner in which he fed it out to his burses his plan is this : he hits iwo hogsheads placed iu his cellar where lhey ure se cure from freezing these he first fills wilh corn in the ear then pours iu a sulfide i quantity of water to cover tho corn alter the ears have been thoroughly soaked he commences feeding giving to his horses but two-third iho usual quantity al lowed as one of these hogsheads become empty he re-fills it ; nnd by the time the other is empty the one last filled is sufficiently soaked for use in this way ihe cobs become so softened that the n poleoii used lo say thut ho wanted in his pub lie functionaries more head and less tongue thu remark mny usefully be applied lo persons in oth er stations many falso things have moro appearance of truth than things lh.il are most true every branch of knowledge which a good man misscss<s he may apply to some good pur|s>se

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the western carolinian , thk i'ow kits \.. 1 obi i i v 1 l ro lilt , \ , l ii states 111 d ro i ui i \ i r - basra ndmentt to the constitution article x b al stin & r v fisher salisbury x ( ., september 20 1s3h s no xv of vol xix f no fltom commencement 9$t editor axd proprietors miscellaneous i and the sh a k overpowered lun so completely ihal lis became i h.-lpless idiot whilst lus repentant mistress agitated bj contending passions and una ble to hear the sight of the misery aha had ci sn,ned sauk gradually into an untimely grave | tiair ofa " beefs head but the nock lapering.and i hum the character uf the serpent color dingy with large bright yellow spot ll turned its head iruiii side io sub with an aftay butioo iu apparent jsuivej of ihe surrounding object mi l is en i titled to credulity so convinced are many ofthe existence of the monster ihal some gentlemen in lown have proposed an expedition to the lake and by the uid of rafts lo make an eflbrl to capture the mysterious being whieb ia a tenor to lhe super stitious but which becomes an object of interest to science the naturalist and philosopher â€” a visiter to lllt llkl romantic story of .\ cvham . ifi it ic {//, tijiki l ll,e following is an extraordinary instance of he repugnance wnh which the ilungameu noa ants and even tho more elevated class regard the â€¢ buni gypsies of hungary the story occurs " l ..: , "'' , "' l lie subject of this peculiui race in in british magazine nnd i from ihe pen of the author ol stories of a und :" h^u'.ihlw fit mir hn i he spring r 17l>0 wiih a large plough and lour horses i broke up pari ofa field ; 1 measured ihe ploughing frequently and found it in many pla cs eleven inches deep and no where less limn seven ; so that tbe murage wus at least nine 1 h.s pieee contained about tour acres on a gentle declivity ; the surface loo much exhausted to pay lor cultivating any crop in lhe common way : this ploughing brought to the surface about live inches l earth lhat had never before been exposed which was principally clay ; at tho up|>er edgo of the piece o a bright yellow which became gradually paler further down uud of u bluish appearance neur tho lower side after several stirrings it was son u wilh buck-whoatlhe same year ; the crop tolerable j after the buck-wheat cama ufl the ground was ploughed and sown in rye in lbe eleventh month very little of which cnme up ow ing as i suppose either to its being too late put in the ground or lbe seed not good it remained without further tillage until lust year 1800 when it wus again sown in buckwheat which grew so large as generally to liill before it was ploughed in the spring i tuok several of my friends lo see the dilferci.ee iu lhe appearance of this pioco and the ground adjoining that hud lain the same length ol tune out of tillage it was discernible to a fur row ; the deep-ploughed piece appeared of a fine open texture und dark color thick set with white clover ; the adjoining ground compact nnd hard ofa tale ash color bearing scarcely a blade of any other kind of grass than that common to old fields known by the name of poverty grass in short ono had the appeuranco of an exhausted old field and the other of land lately manured those who expressed a sentiment on the subject were of opi nion that lo those who did not know whal occa sioned the diflbrence the deep ploughed piece would sell for double the price of the other part of another fise